In middle school and sometimes in high school, falling asleep was not easy for me. While my sister could go upstairs, climb into bed, and be asleep in no time, I’d stare at the ceiling for a good thirty minutes to an hour before finally nodding off.
I tried everything: Warm milk, trying not to exercise right before bed (although my soccer coach wasn’t about to change our 7pm practices just for my sleep problems!), counting sheep, lavender on my pillow, etc. etc. etc.
Thankfully, I don’t seem to have the problem anymore. Perhaps it was just a teen-hormone thing; maybe it was due to the fact that I didn’t keep a similar schedule on weekends. Whatever the case, I’m glad to finally be like my sister and doze off within 10-15 minutes of “lights out.”
Today’s post is not about food, unlike the My Morning Routine post.
Here’s how my nighttime routine goes down:
1. Get into comfy pjs
2. Brush teeth, etc.
3. Climb into bed with Killer Jigsaw Sudoku.
I highly recommend jigsaw sudoku. It’s a really fun challenge (especially the diabolical ones). And focusing on numbers is a good way to quiet my thoughts and lull me to sleep. Halfway through a puzzle, my eyes can hardly stay open.
Lazy Henry has no problem falling asleep.
What’s his secret?? Henry’s not sharing.
I love the word “ablutions”!
I’m lucky – I’ve never had trouble sleeping. I like to do crosswords before bed – they help me unwind enough to fall right asleep.
i can NEVER fall asleep until like 2am 🙁
but i live in a LOUD dorm haha and that might have something to do with it
my evening routine is usually brush teeth, read blogs, gossip with my roomie and then go to bed lol, but i need to try drinking tea or something before because maybe it will get me to SLEEEEPPPPP
I usually eat a bowl of hot cereal of some sorts. It is usually oatmeal/bran or spelt. Bulgur has made it into the routine as well as toast. The meals are an hour before bed time and help me fall asleep faster.
I wear an eye shade, too. They are just so nifty!
I have to have a fan on or I can’t fall asleep. Something about the noise puts me to sleep. And I always read for a bit before laying down.
Oh dear….I have MAJOR sleep problems. For some reason, I MAKE myself stay up past midnight on MANY a night….why? I have no clue. Do I think I am going to be missing out on something? Oof!
The nights I am a grandma and asleep by 9:30 are HEAVENLY to me. I work a few early mornings throughout the week, so these are usually after going nonstop for a full day starting at 6am 🙂
I used to have a nighttime routine, but lately, it’s been a little nonexistent. Must reestablish one, for sure!
Ditto on the cool temperature. I also take a chewable melatonin, it really helps w/ my insomnia. And I try to read before bed, as opposed to staying on my laptop checking up on blogs, lol.
HAHA counting sheep BOOOOOOOOOOORRRRING. you are hilar! and i agree. whoever came up with that was LAME-O.
i luckily have a gene where I can fall asleep fairly quickly after lying down………as long as I am on my stomach and not too cold! 😀
lurveeeeeee the puppy pictures!!
HUGS TO YOU BEAUTIFUL CCK! 🙂 (i still will ALWAYS say ccv!)
I am more of a morning person, so sleeping in past 9AM is considered late for me haha. I’ve had sleep issues pretty much since high school and through college, so for awhile I’d stop consuming caffeine by like 4PM and tried to clear my mind of any worries, etc. before going to bed (theoretically so that they wouldn’t keep me awake). It was difficult because I drank a lot of tea and coffee and was focusing on school, but I’m sure it helped when I was really disciplined about it.
Mmm… I almost never have problems falling asleep. As in, the lights go out and I’m out 2 minutes later 😛 If I have a headache though my MIL bought me this lavender/vanilla scented pillow that goes over my eyes and it helps my loosen up a bit and fall asleep.